Saturday, February 24, 2007
Rshocker CoMes Through in the Stretch
Rshocker came from behind this evening to post his first Holdem Affair win. He was in sixth place when we seated the final table and in fourth place when we got down to the last five person money table. But when the final cards were dealt it was Rshocker taking all the chips. Rankdizzle took second place. Skippy2 claimed his first money table and third place honors. Holland13 finished in fourth place and Papoorboy was our fifth place finisher.
Saturday, February 17, 2007
Burldog Wins Number 3
Burldog44 posted his third Holdem Affair victory tonight when he took out newcomer, Catorick in the heads up match. He was the chip leader after the first hour and was in third place when we seated the final table. He was the chip leader again by the time we got down to five and the money table. It was just good, solid play tonight by our favorite puppy that put him in the winner’s circle.
Here are your leaders for the final table:
Catorick = 11170
Hazy Cat = 10800
Burldog44 = 7710
coachstove = 6995
Big Lar8 = 6400
Kate Starbird = 5240
Glenso = 450
AZ Golfer = 2970
bugman22j = 1760
Luckie in Luv = 1405
Bugman22j was the first to fall from the final table when he pushed big slick and into Kate Starbird holding Jd 5c. The flop hit Kate with the 5h and it was time to call it a night for Bugman.
Glenso was our next victim when his A T off suit ran into AZ Golfer and pocket eights. AZ flopped his set and Glenso was history,
Hazy Cat took a brutal beat to bust out in 8th place. All in before the flop with Ac Tc against Luckie in Lov with Qs Ts. The rainbow flop hit them both with an ace and a queen. Then Luckie hit runner/runner spades for the flush.
Big Lar8 finished 7th when he pushed his short stack As 3h and Burldog44 made the call with big slick. A low board with an ace river missed Lar and it was bubble time.
Kate Starbird took it on the chin when he (yes, he) was all-in with pocket sevens and Catorick showed pocket queens. Catorick hit his set on the flop and Kate Starbird was our 6th place finisher. We were down to the money table.
In tournament poker you live and die by the suck out. Luckie in Lov stayed alive with one earlier in the final table but it was her demise at the money table. All-in preflop with pocket kings against Burldog44 with pocket nines. Puppy hit his set on the flop and the night was done for our Luckie one.
Just a few hands later Coachstove was short stacked and pushed his queen three suited into the middle hoping for a steal. But Catorick looked him up with king/ten suited. The flop hit Cato hard with king four/four and that was the end of the night for Coachstove. We were down to three and Burldog was in the lead.
Burldog44 made short work of the last two. Hand 93 of the final table and AZ Golfer is in second position with almost as many chips as Burldog. AZ limped from the small blind and Burldog joined him from the big blind to see a cheap flop fall 8s Kh Qc. AZ Golfer checked and Burldog pushed on what looked like a steal. AZ Golfer made the call and turned over Js 9c for the gutter. Burldog showed for the flopped top pair. I guess it wasn’t a steal after all. An Ad on the turn kept AZ alive but the river was the 7s. No help for our new found, warm weather friend.
The very next hand was the end. Burldog opened for 3850 and Catorick immediately pushed all 10425 into the middle. Hey, I like this action. And it was legit. Catorick showed Ac Qs. You can’t fault that play at all. But Burldog44 turned over pocket fives. Somehow I think I have seen this scenario played out before. A classic tournament Holdem race. The final board fell Tc 2s 8s 8d Kh. The fives held up this time. Burldog44 was our winner.
Another great week of friends and poker. For the majority of you – stay warm and . . .
PEACE.
Here are your leaders for the final table:
Catorick = 11170
Hazy Cat = 10800
Burldog44 = 7710
coachstove = 6995
Big Lar8 = 6400
Kate Starbird = 5240
Glenso = 450
AZ Golfer = 2970
bugman22j = 1760
Luckie in Luv = 1405
Bugman22j was the first to fall from the final table when he pushed big slick and into Kate Starbird holding Jd 5c. The flop hit Kate with the 5h and it was time to call it a night for Bugman.
Glenso was our next victim when his A T off suit ran into AZ Golfer and pocket eights. AZ flopped his set and Glenso was history,
Hazy Cat took a brutal beat to bust out in 8th place. All in before the flop with Ac Tc against Luckie in Lov with Qs Ts. The rainbow flop hit them both with an ace and a queen. Then Luckie hit runner/runner spades for the flush.
Big Lar8 finished 7th when he pushed his short stack As 3h and Burldog44 made the call with big slick. A low board with an ace river missed Lar and it was bubble time.
Kate Starbird took it on the chin when he (yes, he) was all-in with pocket sevens and Catorick showed pocket queens. Catorick hit his set on the flop and Kate Starbird was our 6th place finisher. We were down to the money table.
In tournament poker you live and die by the suck out. Luckie in Lov stayed alive with one earlier in the final table but it was her demise at the money table. All-in preflop with pocket kings against Burldog44 with pocket nines. Puppy hit his set on the flop and the night was done for our Luckie one.
Just a few hands later Coachstove was short stacked and pushed his queen three suited into the middle hoping for a steal. But Catorick looked him up with king/ten suited. The flop hit Cato hard with king four/four and that was the end of the night for Coachstove. We were down to three and Burldog was in the lead.
Burldog44 made short work of the last two. Hand 93 of the final table and AZ Golfer is in second position with almost as many chips as Burldog. AZ limped from the small blind and Burldog joined him from the big blind to see a cheap flop fall 8s Kh Qc. AZ Golfer checked and Burldog pushed on what looked like a steal. AZ Golfer made the call and turned over Js 9c for the gutter. Burldog showed for the flopped top pair. I guess it wasn’t a steal after all. An Ad on the turn kept AZ alive but the river was the 7s. No help for our new found, warm weather friend.
The very next hand was the end. Burldog opened for 3850 and Catorick immediately pushed all 10425 into the middle. Hey, I like this action. And it was legit. Catorick showed Ac Qs. You can’t fault that play at all. But Burldog44 turned over pocket fives. Somehow I think I have seen this scenario played out before. A classic tournament Holdem race. The final board fell Tc 2s 8s 8d Kh. The fives held up this time. Burldog44 was our winner.
Another great week of friends and poker. For the majority of you – stay warm and . . .
PEACE.
Sunday, February 11, 2007
Glenso Tallies #5
Glenso did the deed tonight taking down the Holdem Affair and posting his fifth title.. I’m sorry that I won’t be able to give you the play-by-play but it was home game night for me and I didn’t get home in time to see any of the action.
Forty-one players typed in cleavage to enter tonight and the final standings looked like this.
Glenso
Plowe81
Coachstove
Gjones
Mellow Yellow
Marti
Red Barchetta
Takechances
Burldog44
DadCoutch
From the looks of those names at the final table I can imagine it was one to watch. Sorry Glen.
PEACE
Glenso did the deed tonight taking down the Holdem Affair and posting his fifth title.. I’m sorry that I won’t be able to give you the play-by-play but it was home game night for me and I didn’t get home in time to see any of the action.
Forty-one players typed in cleavage to enter tonight and the final standings looked like this.
Glenso
Plowe81
Coachstove
Gjones
Mellow Yellow
Marti
Red Barchetta
Takechances
Burldog44
DadCoutch
From the looks of those names at the final table I can imagine it was one to watch. Sorry Glen.
PEACE
Forty-one players typed in cleavage to enter tonight and the final standings looked like this.
Glenso
Plowe81
Coachstove
Gjones
Mellow Yellow
Marti
Red Barchetta
Takechances
Burldog44
DadCoutch
From the looks of those names at the final table I can imagine it was one to watch. Sorry Glen.
PEACE
Glenso did the deed tonight taking down the Holdem Affair and posting his fifth title.. I’m sorry that I won’t be able to give you the play-by-play but it was home game night for me and I didn’t get home in time to see any of the action.
Forty-one players typed in cleavage to enter tonight and the final standings looked like this.
Glenso
Plowe81
Coachstove
Gjones
Mellow Yellow
Marti
Red Barchetta
Takechances
Burldog44
DadCoutch
From the looks of those names at the final table I can imagine it was one to watch. Sorry Glen.
PEACE
Sunday, February 04, 2007
RayNCallie is a Winner
RayNCallie (actually) Callie posted her first Holdem Affair victory tonight and it was a battle to the finish. She was in 14th place after the first hour and was in fifth place when the final table was seated. She battled hard in the final table. When we were down to the final four she hit the chip leader, Papoorboy, hard when Pa tried a re-steal with Ah 2h and Callie held big slick. That doubled her up and gave her a commanding chip lead.
By the time we hit the heads up match it was actually Gjones with the lead – 36K to 25K. That was hand 88. The heads up battle lasted an even 90 hands. The truly killing blow actually occurred 27 hands earlier. It was a classic heads up hands. Both called to see the cheap flop come Js 6d Qs. Callie bet 3500 and Gjones raised to 7000. Callie pushed it all to the middle and Gjones made the call. When they turned the cards over we all laughed. Callie showed Qh 6s. Gjones turned over Qd 6h. Both had flopped identical two pairs. We all expected a split pot. Then the turn was the As and the river the Ks. Callie had managed the runner/runner flush. Oh my this is a cruel game at times. That gave Callie 46780 and Gjones was down to 14720. Jones lasted another 26 hands but the die was cast. This night belonged to Callie.
Forty-one sat down tonight in the very first Holdem Affair where we could enter ourselves using the new password registration. WTG UB – it’s about time. Marti will be thanking you for months, I’m sure. When we eventually seated the final table Sengar was our leader. How many times have I said that? It seems like that should be a saved sentence that I just add to every story. Here is your leader board:
Sengar = 14280
Burldog44 = 12525
Gjones = 10025
Papoorboy = 6825
RayNCallie = 6215
mdg2003 = 3540
skippy2 = 3025
Mellow Yellow = 2550
PerfectsGirl = 1615
Idblondee = 900
Folks, that is one mean final table. Idblondee was the first to fall when her Ah Qc ran into Gjones holding pocket jacks. The jacks held and Idblondee was done.
Skippy was next when pocket queens weren’t good enough against Sengar with Ah Qd. The board turned an ace and skippy2 was peanut butter. (Sorry about that – I couldn’t resist).
Hand 36 and PerfectsGirl pushes her Ac Qd only to run into Papoorboy with pocket sevens. The sevens held and PG was done. For the night.
Hand 41 and this time it was Sengar on the short end. Sengar pushed his As Qd into Mellow Yellow holding two. Kings. The mellow one hit a monster flop when it filled his boat with sevens - 7c 7h Kd. Sengar had to settle for seventh place this week.
Hand 49 was when Callie started her charge. Burldog pushed his Ac 6h and Callie looked him up with Ah Qs. That A/Q wasn’t helping others tonight but it was golden this hand. Burldog was our bubble boy.
Money table time and Callie has the lead with 20160. Followed by Papoorboy with 16930, Mellow Yellow = 10550, Gjones with 8100 and mdg2003 with just 5760.
Just three hands into the money table mdg2003 is dealt big slick. Time to double up or die. Unfortunately Gjones had a pair of ladies in his hand and mdg was sent to the rail.
By hand 67 the stacks ranged from Mellow Yellow with 17K to Gjones with 13K. In other words, it was a tight match. Then Gjones hi Mellow Yellow and a couple of hands later Callie clobbered Papoorboy. Our eventual winners had staked their claim to this table.
Hand 71 saw Gjones finish off Papoorboy when his Ah Jh turned into Jacks full of kings.
Mellow Yellow is always a force if he even has a short stack and he battled hard to get back into this match. He was even making some progress in reeling those other two in when his Jd Td ran into Gjones with pocket sevens. The 7h on the flop was all it took. Mellow Yellow was our third place finisher.
That was hand 87 and our heads up match lasted until hand 178. I had some of the gallery asking if this was the longest HEADS UP match. I’m not sure what the official stat is because I don’t archive the hands histories but in reviewing the story archives it looks like Verbalkint holds the record when he beat me heads up in a match that went an even 100 hands. That was in August of 2005. (Doesn’t that sound a little strange – Yes we have been going for over two years.)
Congratulations to Callie for her excellent win. I will see you all next week.
PEACE.
By the time we hit the heads up match it was actually Gjones with the lead – 36K to 25K. That was hand 88. The heads up battle lasted an even 90 hands. The truly killing blow actually occurred 27 hands earlier. It was a classic heads up hands. Both called to see the cheap flop come Js 6d Qs. Callie bet 3500 and Gjones raised to 7000. Callie pushed it all to the middle and Gjones made the call. When they turned the cards over we all laughed. Callie showed Qh 6s. Gjones turned over Qd 6h. Both had flopped identical two pairs. We all expected a split pot. Then the turn was the As and the river the Ks. Callie had managed the runner/runner flush. Oh my this is a cruel game at times. That gave Callie 46780 and Gjones was down to 14720. Jones lasted another 26 hands but the die was cast. This night belonged to Callie.
Forty-one sat down tonight in the very first Holdem Affair where we could enter ourselves using the new password registration. WTG UB – it’s about time. Marti will be thanking you for months, I’m sure. When we eventually seated the final table Sengar was our leader. How many times have I said that? It seems like that should be a saved sentence that I just add to every story. Here is your leader board:
Sengar = 14280
Burldog44 = 12525
Gjones = 10025
Papoorboy = 6825
RayNCallie = 6215
mdg2003 = 3540
skippy2 = 3025
Mellow Yellow = 2550
PerfectsGirl = 1615
Idblondee = 900
Folks, that is one mean final table. Idblondee was the first to fall when her Ah Qc ran into Gjones holding pocket jacks. The jacks held and Idblondee was done.
Skippy was next when pocket queens weren’t good enough against Sengar with Ah Qd. The board turned an ace and skippy2 was peanut butter. (Sorry about that – I couldn’t resist).
Hand 36 and PerfectsGirl pushes her Ac Qd only to run into Papoorboy with pocket sevens. The sevens held and PG was done. For the night.
Hand 41 and this time it was Sengar on the short end. Sengar pushed his As Qd into Mellow Yellow holding two. Kings. The mellow one hit a monster flop when it filled his boat with sevens - 7c 7h Kd. Sengar had to settle for seventh place this week.
Hand 49 was when Callie started her charge. Burldog pushed his Ac 6h and Callie looked him up with Ah Qs. That A/Q wasn’t helping others tonight but it was golden this hand. Burldog was our bubble boy.
Money table time and Callie has the lead with 20160. Followed by Papoorboy with 16930, Mellow Yellow = 10550, Gjones with 8100 and mdg2003 with just 5760.
Just three hands into the money table mdg2003 is dealt big slick. Time to double up or die. Unfortunately Gjones had a pair of ladies in his hand and mdg was sent to the rail.
By hand 67 the stacks ranged from Mellow Yellow with 17K to Gjones with 13K. In other words, it was a tight match. Then Gjones hi Mellow Yellow and a couple of hands later Callie clobbered Papoorboy. Our eventual winners had staked their claim to this table.
Hand 71 saw Gjones finish off Papoorboy when his Ah Jh turned into Jacks full of kings.
Mellow Yellow is always a force if he even has a short stack and he battled hard to get back into this match. He was even making some progress in reeling those other two in when his Jd Td ran into Gjones with pocket sevens. The 7h on the flop was all it took. Mellow Yellow was our third place finisher.
That was hand 87 and our heads up match lasted until hand 178. I had some of the gallery asking if this was the longest HEADS UP match. I’m not sure what the official stat is because I don’t archive the hands histories but in reviewing the story archives it looks like Verbalkint holds the record when he beat me heads up in a match that went an even 100 hands. That was in August of 2005. (Doesn’t that sound a little strange – Yes we have been going for over two years.)
Congratulations to Callie for her excellent win. I will see you all next week.
PEACE.
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